Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. The 2023 Immigrant Survey launches June 1!
2. Immigration: The Way Forward Part 2
3. Settlement funding Preparatory Sessions, June 9 & 28, 2023, 9:30AM – 12:00PM
4. Immigration Partnership Annual Report 2022-2023

Immigration Partnership Resources
4. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
5. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

Community Partner Highlights
6. Settlement Services
7. Language Learning Services
8. Health & Mental Health Services
9. Employment Services
10. Youth Impact Survey
11. Golf for a Cause
12. The KW Multicultural Centre is looking for a Settlement Worker

Refugee Integration Updates
13. Supporting Afghan and Other Refugee Resettlement in Waterloo Region
14. In Solidarity with Ukraine
15. Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline Campaign

Funding Opportunities
16. Apply for a Capital Grant to Improve your Non-Profit’s Infrastructure and Benefit your Community
17. Metropolis Social Determinants of Health Conference: Lessons Learned and Opportunities: Moving Forward in the Post-Pandemic Era
18. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
19. Un Guide Pour Tous
20. Find the Perfect Mentor to Help you Become a Licensed health Professional in Canada

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
21. McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health - May 23 - June 16, 2023, Online and in-person courses
22. Multiculturalism at a Crossroads - May 30, 2023, 10:00AM - 4:15PM (Hybrid)
23. "Becoming Neighbours” World Refugee Day Waterloo Region Community Launch and Awards Event - June 4, 2023, 1:00PM - 3:00PM, The Museum, 10 King Street W, Kitchener
24. CMW Vigil for Our London Family Attack, June 6, 2023, 5:30PM - 7:30PM Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West, Kitchener
25. Migration Working Group: Year-end Symposium, June 6, 2023, 8:45AM – 5:00PM. Hybrid
26. Understanding Newcomer Media and Technology Habits in 2023, June 6, 2023, 1:00PM – 2:00PM
27. Older Adult Strategy town hall - June 6, 2023, 1:00PM - 3:00PM & June 7, 2023, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Langs Community Hub – Main Floor Room E106, 1145 Concession Road, Cambridge
28. Early Years Open House, June 10, 2023, 9:00AM – 1:00PM, St. Mary’s high School, Kitchener
29. Basic Computer Skills for Newcomers, June 26 & 27, 2023, 6:00PM – 8:00PM, Kitchener Public Library, 85 Queen St. N, Kitchener
Ongoing Events
30. In-person Exercise & Fall Prevention Sessions. Every Friday, until June 16, 2023, 11:45AM – 12:45AM
31. Practice your English - Every Monday, until Jun. 19, 2023, 3:00PM - 4:00PM
32. Let’s Talk - Every Tuesday, until Jun. 20, 2023, 5:00PM - 7:00PM
33. Healing Arts & Sounds of Belonging, Every Tuesday starting May 16, 2023, 5:30PM -7:00PM
34. Practice your English - Every Wednesday, until Jun. 21, 2023, 10:00AM - 11:00AM
35. 2023 English Conversation Circles - Every Tuesday, until Jun. 22, 2023 11:00AM - 12:30PM (Online) and 6:30PM - 8:00PM (In-person)
36. Women's English Conversation Circles - Every Thursday, until Jun. 22, 2023, 10:00AM - 11:30AM (In-person)

News
37. Canada is reuniting loved ones through new immigration measures New measures also address labour shortages in Canada from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, May 26, 2023
38. Canada welcomes Afghans through new humanitarian partnership from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, May 26, 2023
39. Waterloo Region health groups scramble to help newly arrived refugees from Waterloo Chronicle, May 26, 2023
40. UW waives tuition for First Nations students whose traditional territory is on university grounds from The Record, May 25, 2023
41. Experts call on government to support hundreds of Afghan refugees coming to Waterloo region from CTV Kitchener, May 24, 2023
42. Discussion about the refugee health care crisis, starts at 42:49 from The Mike Farwell Show, May 23,2023

Funders’ acknowledgment

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